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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
AI WEIWEI
I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
![Ai Weiwei Quote - [Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/museums-all-belongs-to-the-cultural-department-whi-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/the-china-government-has-improved-in-the-last-year-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - Somehow, we [ Tan Dun and director Chen Kaige] were all privileged at the time; we could be outside of China. But at the moment, we had no sense of what the future was going to be like.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/somehow-we-tan-dun-and-director-chen-kaige-were-al-683x1024.jpg)
